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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third play in the trio that the detective takes the narrator to?
(a) A play about a vampire.
(b) A play celebrating the victory of the Old Ones over mankind.
(c) A play condemning the Old Ones as tyrants.
(d) A play about the murder of an Old One.

2. What does June say before October's story begins?
(a) She sometimes feels as if they are being watched.
(b) She doesn't like horror stories.
(c) She thinks October should wait until last to tell his story.
(d) She would like to be in the chair next month.

3. Who is trying to attack Amelia as she hides in the woodcutter's cottage?
(a) Ghoul-lords.
(b) Lord Falconmere.
(c) The writer.
(d) Vampires.

4. What do the boys dare the narrator to do?
(a) Go inside the playhouse.
(b) Burn the playhouse down.
(c) Look inside the window of the playhouse.
(d) Knock on the playhouse door.

5. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?
(a) As a zombie.
(b) As a famous actor.
(c) As a nobody.
(d) As a professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ghost boy tell Runt his name is?

2. Why does the narrator not understand the jokes the other boys tell?

3. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?

4. What is the first story about?

5. Who suggests that the young man should try writing fantasy instead?

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